Calgary City Centre

With its fine antique decor, fabulous breakfasts, unique private garden, optional two bedroom private suite offering, and its convenient central location, Mount Royal Bed and Breakfast has evolved into a prime, must stay B&B for the down to earth, yet sophisticated holiday and business traveler.

Bordering downtown, Calgary Exhibition and Stampede Grounds, the elegant heritage homes of residential Mount Royal district and cosmopolitan Uptown 17 th Avenue there is no better choice when considering location!

Uptown 17 Ave. has more than 250 locally owned and operated boutiques and uniqueretailers catering to all walks of life.

The park-like setting allows for leisurely enjoyment of an afternoon, with historical Tomkins Park, created in 1911, boasting 90-year-old trees, a gazeboes, flowering gardens, and benches that create a mid-city oasis.

The buildings are an attraction in themselves - one of the city's oldest neighborhoods, Uptown 17 th Avenue features a melting pot of historic architecture and cutting edge architectural designs.

Within the buildings is an exotic array of restaurants, shops and eateries and tucked between them, unique and exciting art galleries

For the latest fashions, 17 Avenue is a miniature New York . Within a four-to-six block radius you can find the latest labels you'd find in the trendiest districts of New York or L.A. From street to chic, funky to fabulous and hip to haute, you can get everything from workout wear to evening wear, work wear to weekend wear.

You can even get house wares, fabulous home decorating items, interesting souvenirs, books, toys, flowers and music. You cannot, however have shopping without lunch or dinner. There are more than 70 locations on 17 Ave for noshing. From a quick bite to eat to a romantic sit down dinner; Uptown restaurants infuse the avenue with a taste of different cultures from African to Vietnamese and everything in between.

If you're not shopping or dining Uptown, there are more than 200 professional services on the avenue to take advantage of – hair salons, spas, tanning studios, barbers, astrologers, etc.

If this isn't enough, events are on going, with parades, tours, festivals, art extravaganzas and more.

For an inspiring, cultural stroll visit the old money heritage homes of the Mount Royal residential district, peppered with state embassies and consulates from various countries.

Three short blocks from the B&B you'll find the Tudor-style mansion of Bert and Vera Dick, who in 1912, after honeymooning in Europe and purchasing building materials and antiques for this home, then under construction, boarded the SS Titanic at Southampton . They survived as has the main sandstone steps of this regal house, made to resemble the main staircase of that same ship.

The gardens in this area are splendid and one close-by resident boasts an impressive authentic English rose garden second to none.

The views from the top of the Mount Royal hill are panoramic and host vantage points that prominently showcase downtown and the east and south stretches of the city.

Though conservative and traditional by nature Mount Royal has captivated the attention of international filmmakers. It is not unusual to see a Mount Royal mansion turned into a Hollywood sound stage and at times entire streets have been transformed into a winter wonderland in mid-summer.

Here the streets are shaded by massive trees providing sanctuary for a plethora of birds and squirrels.

When you stay at Mount Royal Bed and Breakfast, you stay downtown, but away from the noise and congestion, where everything is totally accessible and everywhere there are promises of a vacation never to be forgotten.